Glowczewski, Barbara and Henry, Rosita ed. The challenge of indigenous peoples. Spectacle or politics?

At the outset, I must confess that since I am not a specialist in Asia, not even an anthropologist of Aboriginal tribal areas, I was a little hesitant to pick up this book for a review. Having started to read it, I became more and more overwhelmed by the many-faceted new ideas and detailed analyses of art forms, performances and festivals from Oceania, Australia, Siberia and India. Since I have been involved with performance and dance myself for the past thirty years, and having just recently..